Podcasts about off broadway

February 15-21, 2003 This week Ken welcomes comedian and man behind the solo show "Solo: A Show about Friendship", Gabe Mollica. Ken and Gabe discuss what they would be talking about anyway, not being comedians talking about comedy, how Edinburgh ruined Gabe's life but he has to go back, long form stand up, growing up on Long Island, ridding yourself of your regional accent, Ken's all time favorite stand up special Johnny Vegas; Who's Ready for Ice Cream, John Cleese, performing for nobody, celebrating a 100th/200th/300th episode, The Simpsons, syndication, home town people never leaving, Long Beach NY, bad UK pizza, missing cannolis, corner Sicilians, what you'd watch as a kid vs what you'd watch now, Nickelodeon All That, The World's Strongest Man, Baseketball, Touched by an Angel, Seinfeld, The Music Man, when everyone is in Bye Bye Birdie, The Sopranos, reality TV marriages, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ken starting working at the Cartoon Network UK, Johnny Bravo, Italian dubbing, fascist horror, no longer going to movies when they premier on Thursday night at midnight, seeing shows before bed, when MAD TV replaced SNL, Tough Crowd, the craze of panel shows on TV, The Best Damn Sports Show Ever, Off Broadway show, The West Wing, Birds of Pray TV series, the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie, Friends, Scrubs, South Park, how comedians need to pivot to movies and some drama, The Surreal Life, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the Box office game,  The Klumps, and the insanity of all things Superbowl. 

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with Kerry Bishé and Carl Hendrick Louis, two of the stars from the world premiere, Off-Broadway production of “The Fears.” The new play is by Emma Sheanshang and directed by Dan Algrant and is currently slated to run through July 9 at read more The post Special Episode: Kerry Bishé, Carl Hendrick Louis on ‘The Fears’ appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

The history of drag is full of bigger-than-life personalities who have been trailblazers, setting the scene for the Drag Race generation of superstars. Making their entrance into the drag spotlight like a lioness with style, grace, and a side of camp, is one of entertainment's finest leading ladies…Charles Busch. This multi-hyphenate entertainer made an indelible splash onto the scene in New York in the mid-'80s with his play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, an unlikely hit that became one of the longest-running plays in the history of Off-Broadway. Not only did the show turn the theater scene on its head, but it also ignited the audience's love affair with Busch, making his drag famous (or infamous) on a mainstream level with no one doubting the man in a wig as a bona fide starlet. This playwright, actor, director, novelist, cabaret performer, and drag icon's career would prove to be as colorful and almost as fanciful as one of his early plays with a Tony nomination, Outer Circle Critics' John L. Gassner Award, Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Performance, honorable mention at the Tribeca Film Festival, Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright, a star on the Playwrights Walk outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre, two MAC awards, an infinite amount of critical acclaim, standing ovations, and a near cult following. This summer he tells all in his memoir, Leading Lady. Talking to him is dizzying as he recounts his almost too-hard-to-believe real-life stories, the people he's come across, and the characters he has created.On this episode we chat about Charles early childhood including the loss of his mother and being raised by a real life Auntie Mame, his sexual evolution, the duality of his characters, his first plays, getting into drag for the first time, his novel Whores of Lost Altantis, East Village in the 80s, getting political through art, some dish about his upcoming memoir Leading Lady, and more! Hosted by Alexander Rodriguez

Emmy Award-winning actress Kristen Alderson will join me in The Locher Room to look back at her time playing Starr Manning on One Life to Live, and for playing Starr and originating the role of Kiki Jerome on General Hospital. She was most recently seen as Abigail in the campy serialized drama Mélange presented by LOGO TV.In addition to her roles in daytime, Kristen has enjoyed a career on stage in Broadway's Annie, Off-Broadway's The Marvelous Wonderettes playing opposite real-life boyfriend Taylor Crousore and most recently, the real-life couple appeared in Newsical The Musical at the Majestic Repertory Company in Las Vegas.Don't miss the chance to catch up with Kristen Alderson.Original Airdate: 7/20/2022

This is a special Encore episode of Broadway Nation in celebration of the 63rd Anniversary of the Off-Broadway musical phenomenon, The Fantasticks. That show opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village on May 3, 1960, and went on to play there for an incredible 42 years closing in January of 2002. Then four years later the show reopened at the Snapple Theater Center in Times Square where is ran another 11 years.  As you will hear, even though this show was performed off-Broadway, it had a significant impact and influence on the final decade of the Golden Age of Broadway and well beyond, right up to today.   For example, one thing that has always interested me, is that The Fantasticks ends its first act with a delirious happy ending and the entire cast posed in an iconic tableau. The second act then picks up with that exact same image, but the bloom is now definitely off the rose, or as Tom Jones' lyric puts it, now the “plum is too ripe.” Act two then tells the story of what happens after happily ever after. Sound familiar? Yes, this is remarkably similar to what happens in both Sunday In the Park With George and Into The Woods. So, it seems to me that more than two decades after the premiere of The Fantasticks, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine were still being strongly influenced by its structure, either consciously or subliminally. This episode was recorded back in September of 2020 so there are a few references that are now out of date.  Original Episode Notes: As the 1950's came to a close, Broadway Musicals were at the very center of American culture. Then in 1960, as if on cue, two immensely popular shows – The Fantasticks, and Bye, Bye Birdie – kick off the decade by foreshadowing several major changes in American culture that will dramatically affect the Broadway Musical, and by the end of the decade, leave its very future in doubt.  The brilliant creators profiled in this episode include Schmidt & Jones, Strouse & Adams, Michael Stewart, Gower Champion, Jerry Herman, and Bock & Harnick. As well as the string of classic musicals that bring the “Golden Age Of Broadway” to its climax — Oliver!; Stop The World I Want To Get Off; The Roar Of The Greasepaint And The Smell Of The Crowd, Man Of La Mancha; Fiddler On The Roof, and what I call the "Big Transgressive Lady" Shows – Hello, Dolly!, Sweet Charity, and Mame. If you enjoy BROADWAY NATION please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark's website describes him as a writer, an actor, and a storyteller. His play with music Eight Tales of Pedro (written with Luis D'Elias) is playing NOW and at the Queen Theatre. And he's here for the Flaherty & Aherns that is small and beautiful and breaks your damn heart. Topics include: writing to Stephen Flaherty, Confession, being a smart 15-year-old dealing with some shit, The Opposite of Sex: The Musical, and fan-boy-ing out. Recorded LIVE at the Drama Book Shop! Mark-Eugene Garcia Dot Com Featured recordings: A Man of No Importance - Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording (2003) ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2023 is THE YEAR OF BARBRA celebrating the filmography of Ms. Barbra Joan Streisand! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

The Anti-Cancer Diet GlenMerzer • https://www.glenmerzer.com • Book – Food Is Climate #GlenMerzer#ClimateEmergency  #ClimateChange Glen Merzer is a playwright, screenwriter, and author of the book Food is Climate. Food Is Climate: A Response to Al Gore, Bill Gates, Paul Hawken, and the Conventional Narrative on Climate Change. The Climate Emergency threatens civilization. All life forms on the planet depend now on humanity to undo the harm it has done. Unfortunately, those who have been leading the charge to address climate change, such as Al Gore, have not been telling us the whole truth. They have continued to ignore its leading cause. Food Is Climate gives us hope that the crisis can be addressed--in a way that will improve human health--but only if there's a grassroots movement to do the right thing, because clearly politicians and even environmental organizations have refused to lead. Glen began his career as a stand-up comic in San Francisco before devoting himself to playwriting. He wrote for network television for many years before going into a career writing books that advocate the plant-exclusive diet. Glen's first novel, Off the Reservation, chronicles the journey of a vegan congressman from Bloomington, Indiana, who runs for president. Off the Reservation contains twenty bonus, delicious, low-fat vegan recipes by Joanna Samorow-Merzer. Three of Glen's plays have been published by Samuel French. His prize-winning works have entertained audiences Off-Broadway, at Regional Theatres, and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Glen co-author books include, Mad Cowboy No More Bull! The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss UnprocessedFood Over Medicine Better Than Vegan The Plant Advantage by Benji Kurtz. The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss The Happy Cow Cookbook Own Your Health To Contact Glen Merzer go to Glen Merzer https://www.glenmerzer.com Disclaimer:Medical and Health information changes constantly. Therefore, the information provided in this podcast should not be considered current, complete, or exhaustive. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk. The Real Truth About Health does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, or opinions referenced in the following podcasts, nor does it exercise any authority or editorial control over that material. The Real Truth About Health provides a forum for discussion of public health issues. The views and opinions of our panelists do not necessarily reflect those of The Real Truth About Health and are provided by those panelists in their individual capacities. The Real Truth About Health has not reviewed or evaluated those statements or claims. 

@keithsaltojanes Keith Saltojanes is a comedy writer-performer and Guinness World Record Holder recently appearing in my Off-Broadway debut as Dan Aykroyd. His first book is due out Summer 2023.   Over 100 MILLION people have viewed his original sketch videos online and he's been featured by The Huffington Post, Forbes, A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, Reddit, and Nerdist.com. He was a staff writer for National Lampoon and some TV credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, and Comedy Central (apparently he has a thing for the letter C) and has written for comedians from SNL, MADtv, In Living Color, and Mr. Show.   He also has extensive improv and sketch comedy experience in writing-performing-directing live shows for the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, Comedy Central Stage, Second City, Pack Theater, Chicago Improv Festival, San Francisco SketchFest, and iO West (where he co-created the sketch comedy program and was a member of one of the longest running teams), as well as overseas in Japan, China, Thailand, the UK, and France.   He currently holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Improv Show at 150 Hours and hosts workshops on creativity for executives at Netflix, Walt Disney Studios, and NBC through the creative training center he founded, Improv-LA (http://www.improv-la.com/).    When he's not writing or globetrotting, you can find him hanging out at the World Famous Magic Castle where he's a member. 
Find more of his work by visiting his Youtube channel. (https://www.youtube.com/user/calgaryhart) Make sure to check out this episode

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Welcome to the latest episode of "The Social Butterfly Effect," where Carmen and John talk about how social media is taking over our lives and leaving us with no time for anything else, am I right??? The duo discusses some serious issues in this one, like plastic surgery and how it's taking over our feeds. But, they're also going to have some laughs along the way, because let's face it, if we don't laugh, we'll cry. Not that you'll be able to tell anyone's crying thanks to all the plastic surgery, am I right??? John and Carmen also talk about how corporations have us by the balls and how we're all addicted to attention (watch Chris Rock's new special.) Carmen also relays her recent iPhone service chat experiences with a tech helper named “Manmeat" who gave her some virtual love. Next, John fantasizes about adding a sex robot to his and Carmen's bed and, not to be outdone, Carmen wants to add her own sex robot, too (see “Manmeat”). The duo saves the episode's real gold for last when they talk about Judy Gold and her amazing one-woman show Off-Broadway. Overall, it's a real family-friendly episode if you fast-forward through certain (most) chunks. Enjoy!

Melissa Center is an actress, filmmaker, and crowdfunding coach. Her multifaceted career began after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Northwestern University. As an actor, her most notable credits include roles on This is Us (NBC), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Masters of Sex (SHO), and more. She is the producer, co-writer, and star of feature film All I Want (Prime, Vudu, TubiTV, itunes), & the co-director, writer, & star of award-winning short film R.v, a narrative that anticipated the overturn of Roe vs Wade. Her short film His Name is Niv, which she wrote & directed, is inspired by her own experience with sexual assault. Her solo show Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal debuted during Pandemic lockdown via livestream at The Pico, LA followed by Edinburgh Fringe Digital to rave reviews. She is currently assembling a team to bring Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal to the Off-Broadway stage. melissacenter.com###Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei CoachingYou can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREONThank you. 

Jacki Thrapp breaks down her Off-Broadway budget for "Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical." Buy tickets here! Use promo DRINK for $35 tickets.

In this episode, we have a conversation with freelance writer, film producer and playwright Peter Fenton! Peter talks about his experiences as a gay man in the evangelical church, including his time as a Christian camp counselor, and how he came to terms with accepting himself and how he has explored his evolving faith through his writing. We are so excited for Peter's play, Abandon All Hope, to make its Off Broadway debut in June!!!! You can follow Peter on Instagram and Twitter @peterfent. You can support the GoFundMe for Peter's show here.  We have merch! Get your Bible Dyke Energy Tee and more here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/rtgardenpodcast/shop  Our social media: @reclaimingthegarden on Insta, @RtGardenPodcast on Twitter, and Reclaiming the Garden on Facebook. Our personal accounts: @thatpunchabletheaternerd, @April_TheWriter (April is on Twitter and Insta). Also, our podcast account follows a bunch of awesome folks + podcasts in the exvangelical/deconstruction world and progressive Christian world, so if you're looking for more resources, that's a great place to start!

Writing is by its very nature, a solitary practice. Whether with pen and paper or in front of a computer screen, it is generally time spent alone, creating a world of characters and stories. Acting, on the other hand is generally a collaborative and shared effort in bringing those characters and stories to life. Psychologist Marti Olsen Laney says that writing and speaking use different pathways in the brain. Extroverts tend to speak more easily in front of others, while the writing pathways simply seem to flow more fluently and easily for introverts. So it is always a unique combination when a playwright becomes an actor or vice versa. Jack began his theater career as an actor, but now primarily writes plays like Jericho and Poetic License, both critically-praised works for their dialogue. In our conversation, we talk about these two plays as well as some of the hard lessons he's learned in producing plays in general. We also discuss the parallels between acting and writing, and how each one has helped improve the other. But like any creative endeavor, it's a back-and-forth process of elimination, that includes being able to take feedback and comments. So with this episode I'm going to start sharing comments I get from listeners like you. Because whether its podcasting or playwriting, it's important to highlight and expand upon what works and either improve or outright eliminate what doesn't.   Timeline of this episode's conversation: 03:00 - Jack's start in playwriting  07:47 - Story #1: Learning from a harsh but accurate NY Times review 17:56 - Story #2: A high-profile play reading that didn't go as Jack had hoped  22:57 - The collaborative nature of playwriting 27:46 - Story #3: Jack's major stumble as an actor...in his own play 33:17 - Working with directors as a playwright (and actor)     Subscribe to WINMI If you wanna listen to our full conversations with guests as well as get early access to episodes from now on, then become a monthly or yearly subscriber to Why I'll Never Make It. Though producing this podcast is rewarding in its own way, I'm essentially a one-man operation, and it is both costly and time-intensive to put together each episode. So for just $5-10/month you'll not only support these podcasting efforts, but you'll also get to access to these extended conversations and other bonus content. Your financial support of this podcast is greatly appreciated: Subscribe as a WINMI Producer to get early access and bonus content   Make a one-time Donation to support transcripts and podcast production If you'd like to support, but have limited funds to do so, then contact me directly for access to the bonus content.   Follow WINMI: Website | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube ---------- Why I'll Never Make It is an award-winning, Top 25 Theater Podcast hosted by Off-Broadway actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones, and it is a production of WINMI Media, LLC. Background music in this episode by John Bartmann and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their second choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club, Backwards and Forwards by David Ball.David Ball, an award-winning playwright, director, novelist, and drama theoretician, wrote Backwards and Forwards, the standard script analysis textbook for the past quarter century. He was a dramaturg and playwright at Minneapolis's Guthrie Theater in the 1970s; Professor of acting, directing, playwriting, and dramaturgy at Carnegie Mellon University in the early 1980s; Artistic Director of Pittsburgh's Metro Theater; and Director of Duke Drama through 1991. His plays and adaptations have been staged at major regional theatres and Off-Broadway, including The Miser and Tartuffe for Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune. His Swamp Outlaw, a Civil War-era novel of Lumbee Indian Henry Berry Lowery and his outlaw raiders, is a Kindle favorite. He has had the privilege of working with director Dominique Serrand for 25 years. In a baffling (even to himself) career change, for 15 years David has been America's most influential jury consultant. Mentioned in this episode:Sham El-NessimAndrew BorbaCOP28Declan DonnellanBrian KulickNoor Effendy IbrahimMichael Chekhov's To the ActorSupport the showIf you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers Email- podcast@theatreofothers.com Support the Theatre of Others - Check out our Merch!Show Credits Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi MillerProducer: Jack BurmeisterMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comAdditional compositions by @jack_burmeister

On today’s episode, Grace Aki chats with James Jackson Jr. about his upcoming concerts and his current Off-Broadway show “White Girl in Danger.” Purchase Tickets to James Jackson Jr.’s ‘On Broadway’ at Chelsea Table + Stage on May 1 https://chelseatableandstage.venuetix.com/show/details/FSnIGtd3UUtUNRjrAkBZ/1682982000000 Purchase Tickets to ‘5 Questions with James & JAM – read more The post Special Episode: James Jackson Jr. on Broadway Cabaret appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and the Detroit School of Arts and graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre. She began her stage career in regional theatres such as the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and Theatre Works in Silicon Valley, and she made her Off-Broadway debut as Aggie in Summer of '42 in December 2001. During the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration in 2002, she starred as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and she would then perform again off Broadway in January 2003 in Second Stage Theatre's production of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish. Also in 2003, she would originate the role of Clara Johnson in the celebrated musical The Light in the Piazza at both Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky in William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004, reprised her performance off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in January 2005, and did so again on Broadway, marking her Broadway debut in April 2005. She was nominated for her first Tony Award for her performance as Olive and received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She remained with the production until September 17, 2006. Her next Broadway venture would be to originate the role of Éponine in the 2006 revival of Les Misérables, playing the role from October 2006 to January 2008, earning a Drama Desk nomination in 2007. Keenan-Bolger returned off Broadway for her next productions, starring as Mary in the musical Saved at Playwrights Horizons from May to June 2008, as Katie in Bachelorette for Second Stage Theatre from July to August 2010, and as Jenny Bridges in A Small Fire from December 2010 to January 2011, once again at Playwrights Horizons. She then landed the role of Molly in New York Theatre Workshop's acclaimed production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played the Off-Broadway venue from February to April 2011, resulting in yet another Drama Desk Award nomination, and transferred to Broadway in March 2012, leading to her second Tony Award nomination. Ahead of the Broadway premiere, Keenan-Bolger also starred as Mary Flynn in New York City Center's Encores! production of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in February 2012. In the fall of 2013, she took on the role of Laura Wingfield in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from September 2013 to February 2014. She garnered great acclaim for her performance, winning a Drama Desk Award, earning her third Tony Award nomination, and receiving the Theatre World Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in 2014. Keenan-Bolger followed this performance with her Lincoln Center Theater debut, starring as Mother in an Off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy from October to December 2014. She was next seen on Broadway as Varya, opposite Diane Lane, in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 revival of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and she was last seen off Broadway in Second Stage Theatre's 2017 production of A Parallelogram.  Keenan-Bolger returned to Broadway on November 1, 2018, taking on the role of Scout in Aaron Sorkin's new stage adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She won her first Tony Award in the category of Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for her portrayal, and she ended her year-long run in the production on November 3, 2019. She leads the reopening cast of the play once more starting in October 2021. Although primarily known for her career on stage, Ms. Keenan-Bolger has also appeared in a number of high-profile television shows over the years, including Law & Order (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014), Nurse Jackie (2014), The Good Wife (2015), Elementary (2015), Good Behavior (2016), Blue Bloods (2017), NCIS: New Orleans (2017), and Bull (2018). Her film credits include Mariachi Gringo (2012), The Visit (2015), Breakable You (2017), and Diane (2018).

I'm 12 years old. It's summertime, and we're on our annual family trip to Bainbridge Island off the coast of Seattle. I love going on these trips, and one of my favorite things about them is getting to see family friends Bob and Denise perform in a different play. This particular summer they're doing The Pirates of Penzance. After the show is over, Bob and Denise walk up to me and ask, “Kymberlee, what was your favorite part?” I'm thinking that since they're both in it, I don't really want to pick sides. So I talk about everything: the amazing set design, Bob's incredible costume, Denise's epic singing, the cool set, the fantastic dancing, the memorable characters... After each mention, Bob and Denise just stare at me. But I can't pick just one thing; I love it all! Years later, I realize that what I loved most was… The live experience of story! Seeing it played out right in front of my eyes and ears made each story unforgettable. My special guest today, Mary Lauren, tells stories in multifaceted ways. She directs them, writes them, produces them, performs them, and choreographs them. And in this episode of the Storytelling School podcast, we dive into her tips and techniques on bringing stories to life with questions like: How do you know if a particular story you want to tell is important? What should you always do when you get handed a script for your role? What's the benefit of playing darker characters? And what can you do when you're struggling to connect to your story? What you will learn in this episode: How you can bring truth to a character in your story What storytelling aspect can initially stymie a new storyteller Why listening is the key to everything as a performer and storyteller Who is Mary? Mary Lauren is a passionate and multifaceted artist who loves to tell stories. She has had work seen Off-Broadway and regionally as a director, writer, performer, producer, and choreographer. She's a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Mary has written several new works, in addition to choreographing and acting as the lead dancer in the short film Dream of Spring (which has been featured in festivals all over the world). Some other acting credits include: The Last 5 Years, Gypsy, Sarah Was Mine, Sophia!, My Shadow and Me, and Hamlet. For almost 20 years, Mary has directed and educated artists. As artistic director of Heart String Theatrical, she created the streaming live/filmed piece Loving You Always. Her cabarets have raised money for artists and for organizations including the NAACP and ACLU. Mary also serves as the Youth Artistic Director at AMT Theatre, a new Off-Broadway Theater in Times Square. She loves working with young artists and finds inspiration from their exuberance and stories. Over 50 productions with young artists have been directed by her including original pieces and published works like Seussical, Annie, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beauty and the Beast, and more. Links and Resources: Mary Lauren @MaryLaurenW on Instagram @MaryLaurenOnline on Facebook AMT Theatre @HeartStringTheatrical on Instagram Storytelling School Website @storytellingschool on Instagram @storytellingSchool on Facebook

Rob was the founding editor-in-chief of Back Stage West & is the editor-in-chief of American Theatre magazine. And he's here for the only Off-Broadway show to win a Tony Award. Topics include: psuedo-Marxist propaganda, in rep with The Fantasticks, Gilbert & Sullivan, Double-LP German recordings, Domar Warehouse, how existence is a female dog and then one perishes, and the vocal stylings of Dame Bea Arthur. American Theatre Dot Org Featured recordings: The Threepenny Opera - The Complete Score (1954) • Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill - Hal Willner (1985) • The Threepenny Opera - Original Cast Recording (1994) • Die Dreigroschenoper - Columbia Masterworks (1958) • Mame - Original Broadway Cast (1966) ORIGINAL CAST MERCH! Visit our Patreon for access to our monthly live stream The Original Cast at the Movies where 2023 is THE YEAR OF BARBRA celebrating the filmography of Ms. Barbra Joan Streisand! Patreon • Twitter • Facebook • Email

Daniel Orlandi is an American costume designer for film and television who regularly collaborated with directors Joel Schumacher, Ron Howard and John Lee Hancock. Born in New Jersey, Orlandi graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and began working Off-Broadway. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1980. Orlandi won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming for his work on a television special for the illusionist David Copperfield.] He had received a BAFTA Award nomination for his work on Saving Mr. Banks.4 Orlandi's films include Logan, Ford v Ferrari, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Da Vinci Code. Orlandi resides in Los Angeles, California.

This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about difficult movies. Part 1 focused on S. Craig Zahler's “Dragged Across Concrete”. Part 2 focused on Bernardo Bertolucci's “Last Tango in Paris”. Part 3 focused on Don Edmonds's “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS”. Part 4 focused on Paul Verhoeven's “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 focused on Terry Jones's “Monty Python's Life of Brian”. Part 6 focused on Martin Scorsese's “The Last Temptation of Christ”. Part 8 will focus on Dinesh D'Souza's “2000 Mules”.***Referenced media:“Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976)“Da 5 Bloods” (Spike Lee, 2020)“Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)“Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)“Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk” (George C. Wolfe, 1995 Off Broadway, 1996-1999 Broadway)“The Original Kings of Comedy” (Spike Lee, 2000)“Bring It On” (Peyton Reed, 2000)“Almost Famous” (Cameron Crowe, 2000)“Best in Show” (Christopher Guest, 2000)“Girlfight” (Karyn Kusama, 2000)“Remember the Titans” (Boaz Yakin, 2000)“Dancer in the Dark” (Lars von Trier, 2000)“Animal Factory” (Steve Buscemi, 2000)“Billy Elliot” (Stephen Daldry, 2000)“Requiem for a Dream” (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)“Unbreakable” (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)“Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989)“BlacKkKlansman” (Spike Lee, 2019)“Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color” (Walt Disney, 1961-1969) Audio quotation:“Bamboozled” (Spike Lee, 2000), including the songs "Blak Iz Blak" by the Mau Maus (Mos Def, Canibus, MC Serch, Charli Baltimore, Mums, Gano Grills and DJ Scratch), “Shadowlands” by Bruce Hornsby, “Misrepresented People” by Stevie Wonder, and “Strength, Courage and Wisdom” by India.Arie“Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976)“Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)“Unbreakable” (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)“(Up A) Lazy River” (featuring Louis Armstrong) written by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin (1930), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7cVSEfqPw

It took 35 years, but Phantom of the Opera has finally left Broadway. It was a show that I first discovered in high school and I went on to perform “Music of the Night” several times in high school and college. And when I moved to New York in 2008, Phantom was certainly at the top of my list of musicals that I wanted to audition for. I did actually get to audition for Raoul as well as Monsieurs Fermin and Andre, with multiple packets of music and sides, but it just wasn't meant to be I suppose. #whyillnevermakeit However, I've known and worked with several people who have gone on to perform in this amazing show. One of those is Jeremy Stolle, who was with the show for 15 years. He joined me at the end of last season, to share his experiences with the show. And with the closing of Phantom, I wanted to revisit that conversation and share some highlights as he talked about playing the role of Raoul and the Phantom himself. Help me make the music of the night... Well, I may have never made it into Phantom, but you can help this podcast make it every week by become a monthly or yearly subscriber. You'll get the full conversations of previous and future episodes (which include Audition Stories and the Final Five questions) as well as get early access to these episodes without any pesky promotions to listen to. Though producing this podcast is rewarding in its own way, I'm essentially a one-man operation, and it is both costly and time-intensive to put together each episode. So for just $5-10/month you'll not only support these podcasting efforts, but you'll also get to access to extended conversations and other bonus content. Your financial support of this podcast is greatly appreciated! Subscribe as a WINMI Producer to get early access and bonus content   Make a one-time Donation to support transcripts and podcast production If you'd like to support, but have limited funds to do so, then contact me directly for easier access to the bonus content.   Follow WINMI: Website | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube ---------- Why I'll Never Make It is an award-winning, Top 25 Theater Podcast hosted by Off-Broadway actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones, and it is a production of WINMI Media, LLC. Background music in this episode by John Bartmann and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.  

Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and the Detroit School of Arts and graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre. She began her stage career in regional theatres such as the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and Theatre Works in Silicon Valley, and she made her Off-Broadway debut as Aggie in Summer of '42 in December 2001. During the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration in 2002, she starred as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and she would then perform again off Broadway in January 2003 in Second Stage Theatre's production of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish. Also in 2003, she would originate the role of Clara Johnson in the celebrated musical The Light in the Piazza at both Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky in William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004, reprised her performance off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in January 2005, and did so again on Broadway, marking her Broadway debut in April 2005. She was nominated for her first Tony Award for her performance as Olive and received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. She remained with the production until September 17, 2006. Her next Broadway venture would be to originate the role of Éponine in the 2006 revival of Les Misérables, playing the role from October 2006 to January 2008, earning a Drama Desk nomination in 2007. Keenan-Bolger returned off Broadway for her next productions, starring as Mary in the musical Saved at Playwrights Horizons from May to June 2008, as Katie in Bachelorette for Second Stage Theatre from July to August 2010, and as Jenny Bridges in A Small Fire from December 2010 to January 2011, once again at Playwrights Horizons. She then landed the role of Molly in New York Theatre Workshop's acclaimed production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played the Off-Broadway venue from February to April 2011, resulting in yet another Drama Desk Award nomination, and transferred to Broadway in March 2012, leading to her second Tony Award nomination. Ahead of the Broadway premiere, Keenan-Bolger also starred as Mary Flynn in New York City Center's Encores! production of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in February 2012. In the fall of 2013, she took on the role of Laura Wingfield in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from September 2013 to February 2014. She garnered great acclaim for her performance, winning a Drama Desk Award, earning her third Tony Award nomination, and receiving the Theatre World Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in 2014. Keenan-Bolger followed this performance with her Lincoln Center Theater debut, starring as Mother in an Off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy from October to December 2014. She was next seen on Broadway as Varya, opposite Diane Lane, in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 revival of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and she was last seen off Broadway in Second Stage Theatre's 2017 production of A Parallelogram.  Keenan-Bolger returned to Broadway on November 1, 2018, taking on the role of Scout in Aaron Sorkin's new stage adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She won her first Tony Award in the category of Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for her portrayal, and she ended her year-long run in the production on November 3, 2019. She leads the reopening cast of the play once more starting in October 2021. Although primarily known for her career on stage, Ms. Keenan-Bolger has also appeared in a number of high-profile television shows over the years, including Law & Order (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014), Nurse Jackie (2014), The Good Wife (2015), Elementary (2015), Good Behavior (2016), Blue Bloods (2017), NCIS: New Orleans (2017), and Bull (2018). Her film credits include Mariachi Gringo (2012), The Visit (2015), Breakable You (2017), and Diane (2018).

“Jimmy Dore is outrageous and outraged, bothersome and bothered,” says Patton Oswalt. “A crucial, profane, passionate voice for progressives and free-thinkers in 21st century America. Jimmy will anger you if you're a conservative and enrage you if you're a liberal.” Jimmy Dore is the star of several Comedy Central specials, author of the bestseller “Your Country Is Just Not That Into You”, a writer / performer for the Off-Broadway hit “The Marijuana-Logues”, the host of a weekly radio show in Los Angeles, and on-air host for The Young Turks. “Citizen Jimmy” is the award-winning one-hour Comedy Central Special that was chosen Best Of 2008 by iTunes, and was named one the the top 5 comedy DVDs of the year by Punchline Magazine. Jimmy's everyman style and razor-sharp material draws people in and has made him one of fastest rising stars in comedy today. Watch his show at https://www.youtube.com/@thejimmydoreshow and follow him at https://twitter.com/jimmy_dore 「 SPONSORED BY 」 • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at https://twc.health/drew • BIRCH GOLD - Don't let your savings lose value. You can own physical gold and silver in a tax-sheltered retirement account, and Birch Gold will help you do it. Claim your free, no obligation info kit from Birch Gold at https://birchgold.com/drew • GENUCEL - Using a proprietary base formulated by a pharmacist, Genucel has created skincare that can dramatically improve the appearance of facial redness and under-eye puffiness. Genucel uses clinical levels of botanical extracts in their cruelty-free, natural, made-in-the-USA line of products. Get an extra discount with promo code DREW at https://genucel.com/drew 「 MEDICAL NOTE 」 The CDC states that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective, and reduce your risk of severe illness. Hundreds of millions of people have received a COVID-19 vaccine, and serious adverse reactions are uncommon. Dr. Drew is a board-certified physician and Dr. Kelly Victory is a board-certified emergency specialist. Portions of this program will examine countervailing views on important medical issues. You should always consult your personal physician before making any decisions about your health.  「 ABOUT the SHOW 」 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (https://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. 「 GEAR PROVIDED BY 」 • BLUE MICS - Find your best sound at https://drdrew.com/blue • ELGATO - See how Elgato's lights transformed Dr. Drew's set: https://drdrew.com/sponsors/elgato/ 「 ABOUT DR. DREW 」 For over 30 years, Dr. Drew has answered questions and offered guidance to millions through popular shows like Celebrity Rehab (VH1), Dr. Drew On Call (HLN), Teen Mom OG (MTV), and the iconic radio show Loveline. Now, Dr. Drew is opening his phone lines to the world by streaming LIVE from his home studio. Watch all of Dr. Drew's latest shows at https://drdrew.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Swamp Thing Conspiracy WriterGet M A D with Chris Graves 4-14-2023 Jonathan VankinGM #39On this episode of "Get M.A.D." I had the great opportunity to talk with Mr. Jonathan Vankin!JONATHAN VANKIN is a journalist, author, comic book writer, and screenwriter. His work has received numerous awards and honors, and his books have been translated into nearly 20 languages.He has won three New England Press Association awards. His screenplay Stay Forever was twice picked as a finalist in the Sundance Writers Lab selections. The Big Book of Bad was nominated for the comic book Eisner Award and his superhero comics debut, The Search For Swamp Thing, became one of DC Comics' bestselling titles.Vankin's first book, Conspiracies, Cover-Ups, and Crimes, was the first comprehensive, journalistic investigation of America's conspiracy-theory underground, foreshadowing the current state of sociopolitical affairs by two decades. That book and its follow-up, the Greatest Conspiracies series co-authored with John Whalen, went on to become the most influential books on the subject and led to Vankin's numerous media appearances on such networks as CNN, CNBC, FOX, the BBC, and CBC as well as hundreds of radio stations.In 2005, he published The World's Greatest Conspiracies, the fifth installment in the Greatest Conspiracies franchise. He also wrote the graphic novels Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights, and (with Arnold Pander) Tasty Bullet. His other books include, Based on a True Story (But With More Car Crashes) and The Big Book of Scandal. He wrote the DC/Vertigo Comics series The Witching and an episode of the TV series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.He co-wrote the book to the musical FOREVER DUSTY, based on the life story of legendary British pop star Dusty Springfield, which ran in 2012-2013 Off-Broadway at New World Stages.As a Senior Editor at DC/Vertigo Comics from 2004 to 2011, he was behind such series as The Exterminators (optioned by Showtime), Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Testament (by controversial media critic Douglas Rushkoff), as well as the graphic novels The Quitter written by Harvey Pekar, The Alcoholic written by Jonathan Ames and How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by writer/artist Sarah Glidden, among many others.He was the news editor of Metro, Silicon Valley's alternative weekly newspaper where he won a Bay Area Project Censored award. Subsequently, he spent time as a sportswriter/editor at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Salon, L.A. Weekly, and numerous others. ​He was commissioned by French production company Des Films to pen the screenplay Dragon's Fin Soup, which he completed with Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins) attached to direct. He has also taught creative writing to incarcerated youth in the Los Angeles area as part of the Spoken Interludes Next program, which he counts as perhaps the most memorable experience of his career.Mr. Vankin's social media & websites:https://twitter.com/jonvankinhttps://www.facebook.com/jvankinhttp://www.jonathanvankin.net/http://www.foreverdusty.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20050303171340/http://www.conspire.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20170708184136/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=401https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jonathan-Vankin/author/B000AP862E?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=truehttps://www.amazon.com/Conspiracies-Cover-Ups-Crimes-Jonathan-Vankin/dp/1881532097/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=kqRrz&content-id=amzn1.sym.22f5776b-4878-4918-9222-7bb79ff649f4&pf_rd_p=22f5776b-4878-4918-9222-7bb79ff649f4&pf_rd_r=133-0171567-7502653&pd_rd_wg=YUv3z&pd_rd_r=d0461810-5bdc-4d2e-ac27-072ac1bedc7c&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskhttps://www.amazon.com/Brightest-Day-Aftermath-Search-Swamp/dp/B00586L2YYHarvey Pekar Collection on Letterman, 1986-1994https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biOodnioY8cEverything Chris Graves can be found on his Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cgravesmassguyPayPal:http://paypal.me/SirhcSevargGet Mad Archives:https://ochelli.com/category/get-m-a-d-with-chris-graves/ Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelliYOUR HELP TO KEEP US GOING IS CRITICAL: https://ochelli.com/donate/Uncle – Age of Transitions – T-shirts Aaron's Book and MORE: https://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/Do you have a project, business, or message To PromoteBe Heard on The Ochelli Effect - The Age of Transitions - Get M A D with Chris Graves - Uncle The Podcast or The Whole Network. Rates Start at $50.Get In TouchE-mail ads@ochelli.com NETWORK:Rokfin https://rokfin.com/ChuckOchelliBitchute Channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/oxL96KiJtQLP/Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ochelliLIVE LISTENING OPTIONS:OCHELLI.COM https://ochelli.com/listen-live/ RADDIO https://raddio.net/324242-ochellicom/ ZENO https://zeno.fm/radio/ochelli-radio/ TUNEIN http://tun.in/sfxkx

An honorable Titanic week to you all! This week I start off by sharing how I memorialized the Titanic this week with myself, my co-workers, and you! Next, I am joined by my special guests and very good friends Tyler & Travis. Both of whom are active theatre goers in NYC! We sat down to revisit the musical and chat about their thoughts and praise over the Titanique musical now playing Off-Broadway. Finally, I finish off with my thoughts on Ewan Stewart publicly apologizing for his portrayal  of Officer Murdoch in Cameron's 1997 "Titanic". Cheers to 111 years. 

I'm super excited to have Aimee Greenberg on the show today. Aimee's a true New Yorker, who's worked with some of the best teachers in the business like Sanford Meisner, Wynn Handman, and Stella Adler. She's got some serious Off-Broadway creds, having cut her teeth at La Mama, Etc., Theatre for the New City, and The Medicine Show Theatre. Aimee's collaborated with some big names in the industry too, like Grotowski, Augusto Boal, and Guillermo Gentile. She's also raked in quite a few prestigious awards and fellowships like The Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, The Los Angeles Endowment, The Los Angeles Women's Foundation Award, Seattle Original Works, and the Susan B. Komen Award. With her wealth of knowledge and experience, Aimee's been teaching performance technique, writing, directing, theatre, and film studies at international conservatories and universities like JAMU, UCSD, CSUSM, SDSU, and CSLA. Let's get into it as we talk to Aimee about her career, experiences working with theatre icons, and what she thinks about the industry today! _________________ Ukraine on Stage The performance in San Francisco will raise funds for the work being done by the Ivano-Frankivsk Drama Theatre in Ukraine.  The Theater is not only serving as a bomb shelter, community center, and food distribution point, but is also continuing to perform.   Its recent activities are discussed here and here.  (If you view any of these websites using the Google Chrome browser, you can right-click on a page to translate its content into English.) This event is sponsored by the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council: Website here and facebook page here. The Performance is on Saturday, April 29 at 2 P.M. Tickets ______________________________________________________________________ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: greenroomonair@gmail.com 

This is the third episode of a special 4-part takeover with cast & creatives from Hulu's new musical series UP HERE. Make sure to stream the entire 21 song UP HERE soundtrack everywhere you find your music. Director Tommy Kail and choreographer Sonya Tayeh have teamed up for the first time in Hulu's new rom-com musical, “Up Here”. Not wanting to stick to just one medium, Sonya talks about being an expansive artist and following wherever her passion takes her. Tommy also shares his deal with Disney, putting a musical on mainstream TV and how Kirsten and Bobby's ability to make musical comedy resonated with him. While Sonya has done numerous projects and won awards already, the choreographer shares open up about dealing with imposter syndrome, calling it "big, old, scary monsters" and why she loves physicalizing them. Working as the director and choreographer for "Up Here", both Tommy and Sonya share how they operate, including collaborating with other creatives and shooting with at least two cameras at all times. Sonya reflects more on her love for collaborating, trying out all the options, starting a conversation and hearing what her collaborators have to say. Tommy, on the other hand, speaks about consciously surrounding himself with talented people that make him a better person. With Sonya and Tommy's love for collaborating, it's no surprise that the two found each other to create something beautiful. Sonya Tayeh is a TONY Award-winning choreographer and director. She has choreographed for renowned artists, including Madonna, Miley Cyrus and Florence and the Machine. She's been nominated twice for Emmy Awards for her work on So You Think You Can Dance, and won the Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards for “Outstanding Choreography” for her work on David Henry Hwang's dance-play “Kung Fu”, for which she also received a Drama Desk nomination. She made her Broadway debut as the choreographer for the hit show, “Moulin Rouge the Musical” and worked on the production of “Sing Street”. Sonya has recently joined the creative team for the upcoming production of "Gatsby" and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window” and is gearing up for the world premiere of “Is It Thursday Yet?”, a play that she directed, co-choreographed and co-conceived. Tommy Kail is a theatre director known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals “In the Heights” and “Hamilton” for which he won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of Musical. His other credits include “Lombardi”, “Magic/Bird”, “Randy Newman's Faust and The Wiz”, “Broke-ology”, “When I Come to Die”, “Family Furniture”, and “The Tutors” among others. Tommy was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018 and won a Special Tony Award in 2021 for “Freestyle Love Supreme”. Songs used in this episode: Can I Ever Know You Tiger Shark Can I Ever Know You (Finale) Connect with Tommy and Sonya: Website: www.sonyatayeh.com Instagram: @directorkail, @sonyatayeh Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 202: Batter up! Baseball season has begun, and notorious sports fans Joe and Kari are talking about those hits of the 80's that are about America's favorite pastime, including songs by John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen. And UK act The Outfield was seemingly named after a love of the game, but the ref calls foul! Baseball terms!Just a Bit Outside: Songs that peaked outside of the Top 40 include tunes from Off Broadway, Jaya, and the Jets. Did they deserve to be bigger? You make the call. 

Theater director Sean Daniels has outstanding credits to his name. He co-founded the company Dad's Garage, which is now a cornerstone of Atlanta's theatrical scene, and then went on to lead Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts. He also spent four years as associate artistic director at Actors Theatre of Louisville where he oversaw the sadly now-defunct Humana Festival of New American Plays and directed many of its world premieres over five years.The credit that brings him the greatest pride, however, is just a tad more recent, however: person in long-term recovery. For almost two decades as he charted his remarkable artistic path, he was also increasingly hobbled by his addiction to alcohol, and as is so common for people with substance-abuse disorders, it took him several tries before he was finally able to manage his disease. Sean detailed his painful, absurd and often surprisingly hilarious journey to sobriety in his play “The White Chip,” which enjoyed a successful Off-Broadway run in 2019.Now, over a decade into his sobriety, he has added a new credit to his resume: advocate. After a widely lauded stint as artistic director of Arizona Theatre Company, Sean recently became the associate director of Florida Studio Theatre. At FST not only will he head the theater's new-play-development program, but he will also work as the inaugural director of his brainchild, The Recovery Project. The Recovery Project is an initiative working to heal the stigma of addiction and recovery through the development of new plays, theatre-education programs and outreach.In this interview, Sean explains why those working in the performing arts are especially vulnerable to substance-abuse disorders and details how he hopes his advocacy will establish new support systems to catch struggling artists long before they fall as far as he once did.https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/

Matt F Basler returns! This time he brought along his management Col. Dylan Clubb to sit in with us. We talk about his newly found authentic version of himself and finding a home in country music. He's currently working on a brand new Country album and we talk about some of the songs and play a couple live acoustic!  See Matt LIVE May 13th at Off Broadway in St.Louis, MO for his Album Release Party with Yard Eagle & Blond Guru. Tickets at offbroadwaystl.com On this episode you'll hear: Incomplete (Live on Rock Paper Podcast) Tryin (Live on Rock Paper Podcast) Find more from Matt F Basler on your favorite streaming platform or buy CDs, Shirts & more at MattFBasler.com. Follow along with him on Facebook, Tik Tok, YouTube & Instagram. Check out my friends at Friendship Brewing Company in Wentzville, MO with over 25 rotating taps for all your craft beer needs. They have a wonderful spot out there and huge patio. Perfect for enjoying a cold beverage with some good friends! Check out their menu with all sorts of delicious food like burgers, nachos & flatbread pizzas. Come grab some lunch or dinner, enjoy some live music and have a great time at Friendship Brewing Company! FriendshipBrewCo.com Live Music: 4/13 Singo Bingo: I Love 80's 4/14 Buddy & Q (7-10p) 4/15 Jeff Walchshauser (7-10p). 

Gabrielle Mariella / @gabriellmariella is a graduate of NYU Tisch where she received her BFA in Drama from the New Studio on Broadway for Musical Theatre. She has performed regionally, as well as in NYC in pre-Broadway and Off-Broadway workshops, labs, & staged readings of new musical theatre (Almost Famous, The Visitor, etc.). Gab has recently gained recognition for her vocal impressions online, with her viral videos garnering more than 6 Million views. ( TikTok, IG) She is also a successful voice actor, lending her voice to various commercial projects (Walmart, TD Bank and more.) Behind the camera, Gab is a Sony Alpha Female+ Grant Winning Cinematographer, winning a grant from Sony in 2021 with which she filmed and directed ENOUGH, a documentary short film about female Broadway creatives. She has served as the DP on over ten new series on Broadstream, Prospect Theater's Company's Vision Series of New Musical Theatre on Film, brand films (Harridan Vodka, Chelsea Table + Stage, The Broadway Sinfonietta) and many more. As an artist, Gab believes the stories we tell on stage and screen matter and have the power to create positive change. When she's not performing, on set, or behind her editing desk, Gab can be found on the hunt for the best Caesar salad or geeking out on sci-fi films typically involving time travel (don't ask.) Gab is a second generation American who lives to make her ancestors proud. GABRIELLE MARIELLA: BROADWAY LEADING LADIES SING, FEAT. BEN FANKHAUSER & MORE! https://54below.com/events/gabrielle-mariella-broadway-leading-ladies-sing/ For info on videography and editing: https://www.gabriellemariella.com/about https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitness challenge! www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a study that came out the year before the pandemic called “Quantifying and Predicting Success in Show Business.” It starts off by saying that the unemployment rate for actors hovers around 90% —now, this was before Covid, when unemployment shot up to 100% for all actors. More recent statistics, however, show us bouncing back with about 85% of actors unemployed at any given time, while only 12.08% earn more than $1000 a year. Now, any actor who's been around for a while has probably heard these doomsday numbers before. But if there's one thing I hope that you've gathered from listening to this podcast, is that “making it” can mean many different things, and it can happen in any number of ways. This is why being a multi-hyphenate can be extremely beneficial, not only for us professionally but personally as well. Michael Kushner is an expert at multi-hyphenating—he's producer, director, podcaster, actor, photographer, and educator. Earlier this year he added author to that list, when he released his first book titled How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business. It's full of conversations, advice, and tips from his wonderful podcast called Dear Multi-Hyphenate. More importantly, though, he's the partner, and soon to be husband of another former guest of this podcast, Remy Germinario, and so it's great to bring Michael here to talk about his own career—the challenges he's faced in figuring out its many paths and what it's taught him about his own value and worth as an artist.  Timeline of this episode's conversation, including the bonus segments: 03:17 - Michael and Patrick discuss his upcoming marriage  4:26 - Story #1: Almost making his New York City debut 14:07 - Story #2: The long-term effect of Covid on his life and work 20:16 - How Michael juggles all the various jobs he has  29:25 - Story #3: Why people think he's given up acting (even though he hasn't) 36:53 - Creating and producing his own one-man show 43:32 - What led him to write a book about being a multi-hyphenate 49:36 - Bonus Segment: Michael's audition story for 13 the Musical on Broadway 53:49 - Bonus Segment: Michael answering the Final Five questions     Subscribe to WINMI If you wanna get the full conversations of previous and future episodes (which include Audition Stories and the Final Five questions) as well as get early access to these episodes without pesky promotions, then become a monthly or yearly subscriber to Why I'll Never Make It. Though producing this podcast is rewarding in its own way, I'm essentially a one-man operation, and it is both costly and time-intensive to put together each episode. So for just $5-10/month you'll not only support these podcasting efforts, but you'll also get to access to these extended conversations and other bonus content. Your financial support of this podcast is greatly appreciated: Subscribe as a WINMI Producer to get early access and bonus content   Make a one-time Donation to support transcripts and podcast production If you'd like to support, but have limited funds to do so, then contact me directly for easier access to the bonus content.   Follow WINMI: Website | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube ---------- Why I'll Never Make It is an award-winning, Top 25 Theater Podcast hosted by Off-Broadway actor and singer Patrick Oliver Jones, and it is a production of WINMI Media, LLC. Background music in this episode by John Bartmann and Blue Dot Sessions is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

“In this business, in this show-fucking-business, you have to reinvent yourself so many times. The attention span is zero and you have to also realize that most people who hire actors or any kind of performer or artist, will remember you from the first time they saw you. That will stick in their head, so reinventing oneself is a necessary evil. But you have to branch out as you grow as a person. Let your art grow. Multi-hyphenates do not sit on their laurels.” - Judy Gold on Multi-Hyphenating  Judy Gold knows the value of a good joke – and the steep price of silencing comedians. Unnerved and infuriated, Judy shares her reverence for the intimacy of collective laughter and her passion for the vital work comedians do to bring us together, make us think, and speak truth to power. Based on her book “Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble,” the comedy veteran is taking the stage to tell the fascists and crybabies to shove their hate and political correctness up their respective asses. This wickedly funny new one-woman show is a big-mouthed and big-hearted call for truth, kindness, common sense, and most of all, laughter. The show runs through April 16th, 2023 at 59E59 Theatres. You can buy tickets at https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/yes-i-can-say-that/ In this episode we discuss… What it means to be Jewish Judy's Off Broadway show Yes, I Can Say That! currently at 59E59 Theatres Why you have to take certain jobs Stupid politicians  Food Empathy Why comedy is important JUDY GOLD (Playwright & Performer) has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central, and LOGO. She was a part of Netflix's Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration. She is the author of Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble, a critically acclaimed book about free speech and cancel culture which debuted as the number one comedy release on Amazon and was featured in the New York Times Book Review. Judy is also host of the hit podcast, “Kill Me Now with Judy Gold.” Judy's TV acting credits include “City On A Hill” (Cassndra Kassell), FX's “Better Things” (Chaya), and Showtime's “The First Lady” (Elizabeth Read). Judy also guest stars as Sophie in the much-anticipated Apple TV+ drama series “Extrapolations.” Other guest stars include Hulu's “Life and Beth” and Season 2 of Peacock's “Girls 5Eva.” She has had recurring roles on Comedy Central's “Awkwafina,” Netflix's “Friends from College,” and TBS's “Search Party.” Her recent film credits include Love Reconsidered and the upcoming She Came To Me and Eternal Buzz. Judy is one of the main subjects in the Hulu documentary Hysterical. She has appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “The Tonight Show.” From 1999-2010, Judy was the host of HBO's “At the Multiplex with Judy Gold.” Judy also won two Emmy awards for writing and producing “The Rosie O'Donnell Show.” She was also a writer on the final season of “Better Things.” Judy has written and starred in two critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows: The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding NY Theater, Drama Desk Nomination – Actor). Judy received rave reviews as Gremio in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park all-female production of The Taming of The Shrew. She also co-starred in Off-Broadway's Clinton! The Musical and Disaster! The Musical. Judy has made numerous appearances on “The View,” “The Today Show,” “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and on MSNBC, CNN, and NewsNation as a free-speech advocate. She often pops up on The Food Network, but please do not mention “Chopped All Stars” or “Rachel vs. Guy” to her. Judy's three albums, Conduct Unbecoming, Kill Me Now, and Judith's Roommate Had a Baby, are available wherever you get your music. You can also check out her website, JudyGold.com, or follow her on Twitter, Instagram or Tik Tok @jewdygold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Delusional aficionados of social interaction & observational humor record themselves again commercial free. This time HoHs Red and Pierce dispense insights from embarrassing customer service scenarios. One of the HoHs shares a traumatic experience from his childhood when he was rejected for the part of Sandy, the dog, in the way off Broadway production of Annie.  Subscribe to the podcast for new episode updates. Check out Facebook to connect with Heroes of Humility and if you would like to suggest a socially awkward situation to be tackled by the HoHs.

This week we are bringing you a Broadway double feature! We couldn't go a week without a new episode, so here it is! A conversation on the dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel's novel LIFE OF PI, which is currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, to rave reviews. Take a deep dive with us and see why this is one of our must-see shows of the season. We also took a trip to see the Off-Broadway production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which is currently starring MAUDE APATOW, MATT DOYLE, and DREW GEHLING. It's been almost four years since we last saw this production, and we still enjoyed every bit of it. Drop in, hear our thoughts, and let us know your thoughts on the production!POP MUSIC DROP (BOP or FLOP) - Playlist updated here. If you liked this episode, don't forget to subscribe to this podcast and leave us a review. Share your thoughts with us on this episode below:On Instagram: @halfhourpodcastOn TikTok: @halfhourpodcastOn our website: www.twoworldsentertainmentllc.com

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9FLqo7TGZ4&t=22s CHARLES BUSCH has forged a unique place in the world of entertainment as playwright, actor, director, novelist, cabaret performer and drag icon. He is the author and star of over twenty-five plays including The Divine Sister, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, The Tribute Artist, The Confession of Lily Dare and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; one of the longest running plays in the history of Off-Broadway. His play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway, won the Outer Circle Critics' John L. Gassner Award for playwriting, received a Tony nomination for Best Play and is the longest running Broadway comedy of the past twenty-five years. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. For two seasons, he appeared as Nat Ginzburg on the HBO series OZ and is the author of the auto-biographical novel Whores of Lost Atlantis. He has directed two films; the Showtime short subject, Personal Assistant, and a feature, A Very Serious Person, which won an honorable mention at the Tribeca Film Festival. Due to his love and knowledge of film and theatre history, he has appeared as a guest programmer and in numerous documentaries for Turner Classic Movies, and has lectured and conducted master classes at many colleges and universities including NYU, Harvard, UCLA and Amherst College. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement. His first CD, Charles Busch Live at Feinstein's 54 Below, was released by Broadway Records. LEADING LADY A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy By Charles Busch Release Date: August 29, 2023. Available for Pre-Order

We have special guest, Brent Black, writer of the upcoming Off-Broadway show "Khan!!! The Musical!" a parody of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan Now part of the Starfleet Podcast Network! Discord: https://discord.com/invite/crAAceR75a Anchor: https://anchor.fm/starfleetpodcastnetwork YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheStarfleetPodcastNetwork --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondtrekpodcast/support

Matt and David are joined by Peter and Nathan from The Gospel of Musical Theatre to talk about Cabaret! What did it mean then? What does it mean now? Just how attractive IS Michael York? We cover it all, with a lot of fascinating information about the real Sally Bowles (Jean Ross. Go look her up!). For more on The Gospel of Musical Theatre, check them out at https://gospelofmt.podbean.com/Thank You, Five on Twitter: @thankyoufivepod